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English
Etymology
From belletrist + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
belletristic (comparative more belletristic, superlative most belletristic)
- Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of belles-lettres.
- 1986, Aizawa Seishisai (Translated by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi), Anti-Foreignism and Western Learning in Early-Modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825, Harvard University Press, page 169:
- if they do not owe their allegiance to shamanism or Buddhism, then most surely they commit themselves to some perverse form of Confucianism or belletristic foolishness.
2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 229:The guest list was a roll call of belletristic London.
- Written or appreciated for aesthetic value rather than content
- 1992, Isaac Bashevis Singer (Translated by Leonard Wolf), The Certificate, Farrar Straus Giroux, page 1:
- I had already concluded that not one of my writings was publishable, having myself analyzed the faults of my belletristic production.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to belles-lettres